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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DYE WATER Dye Water John Wood Harelaw Burn
John Bald, Shepherd West Hopes
James Renwick Mayshiel
019 [situation] About 3 Chains S.E. [South East] from Lowrans Law
A Small River or "Water" which gathers on the Lammermuir Hill at the South Side of the Hope Hills; it forms the Boundary between the Counties of Berwick and Haddington at this point. After juct. [junction] the Waters of E. [East] & W. [West] Syke and Rotten Cleugh it flows into Berwickshire
THE FALL The Fall John Wood Harelaw Burn
John Bald, Shepherd West Hopes
James Renwick Mayshiel
019 [situation] About 20 Chains S.S.E. [South South East] from West Hopes
An open Valley on the Farm of West Hopes thro' [through] which a Stream flows called Fall Burn. It is named so from its steep banks.
FALL BURN Fall Burn John Wood Harelaw Burn
John Bald, Shepherd West Hopes
James Renwick Mayshiel
019 [situation] Flows through the "Fall"
A Stream which gathers at the North Side of "Middle Ness" and flows northwards thro' [through] the Valley Called "The Fall" into the Hopes Water near the Farmhouse of West Hopes

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